Shloka 31

Devanagari script

वेदाध्ययनशालाभिर् विविधाभिः समन्ततः अधृष्यं मनसाप्यन्यैर् मयस्यैव च मायया

Transliteration

vedādhyayanaśālābhir vividhābhiḥ samantataḥ adhṛṣyaṃ manasāpyanyair mayasyaiva ca māyayā

Translation

รอบด้านมีศาลาหลากชนิดสำหรับศึกษาพระเวท และด้วยฤทธิ์มายาของมยะเอง สถานที่นั้นจึงยากจะเข้าถึงและยากจะพิชิต แม้ด้วยใจของผู้อื่นก็ไม่อาจหยั่งถึง

Word by Word

• वेद (veda): the Veda

• अध्ययन (adhyayana): study/recitation

• शालाभिः (śālābhiḥ): with halls/schools

• विविधाभिः (vividhābhiḥ): of various kinds

• समन्ततः (samantataḥ): on all sides/everywhere

• अधृष्यम् (adhṛṣyam): unassailable, not to be overcome

• मनसा अपि (manasā api): even by the mind

• अन्यैः (anyaiḥ): by others

• मयस्य एव (mayasya eva): of Maya alone/indeed belonging to Maya

• च (ca): and

• मायया (māyayā): by (his) māyā, illusive power.

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating to the sages at Naimisharanya)

Characters & Entities

• Maya

FAQs

What is the importance of this verse in the context of Linga worship?

It frames the sacred environment around Vedic learning as protected by māyā, implying that true access to Shiva (Pati) and Linga-tattva is not merely intellectual but requires divine grace and right approach.

How does this verse describe the nature of Shiva (Shiva-tattva)?

By emphasizing an “unassailable” realm veiled from ordinary minds, it echoes Shaiva Siddhanta’s distinction between Pati (the Lord) and the pashu’s limited cognition under pasha (bondage), where revelation arises when the veil of māyā is transcended.

What ritualistic or Yogic practice is highlighted here?

Vedic adhyayana (study/recitation) is highlighted, and implicitly the Pashupata-oriented discipline of conquering māyā—moving from mere mental grasping to purified practice aligned with Shiva’s grace.